diff --git a/.devcontainer/host-metering.conf b/.devcontainer/host-metering.conf
index 85ebada..c8b61cf 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/host-metering.conf
+++ b/.devcontainer/host-metering.conf
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@ write_retry_max_int_sec=2
 metrics_wal_path=./mocks/cpumetrics
 metrics_max_age_sec=30
 log_level=DEBUG
-log_prefix=%S
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e658fdf..b2439cc 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const (
 	DefaultMetricsWALPath       = "/var/run/host-metering/metrics"
 	DefaultLogLevel             = "INFO"
 	DefaultLogPath              = "" //Default to stderr, will be logged in journal.
-	DefaultLogPrefix            = ""
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	MetricsWALPath       string
 	LogLevel             string // one of "ERROR", "WARN", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE"
 	LogPath              string
-	LogPrefix            string
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Config {
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 		MetricsWALPath:       DefaultMetricsWALPath,
 		LogLevel:             DefaultLogLevel,
 		LogPath:              DefaultLogPath,
-		LogPrefix:            DefaultLogPrefix,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +90,6 @@ func (c *Config) String() string {
 			fmt.Sprintf("|  MetricsWALPath: %s", c.MetricsWALPath),
 			fmt.Sprintf("|  LogLevel: %s", c.LogLevel),
 			fmt.Sprintf("|  LogPath: %s", c.LogPath),
-			fmt.Sprintf("|  LogPrefix: %s", c.LogPrefix),
 		}, "\n")
 }
 
@@ -154,9 +150,6 @@ func (c *Config) UpdateFromEnvVars() error {
 	if v := os.Getenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PATH"); v != "" {
 		c.LogPath = v
 	}
-	if v := os.Getenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PREFIX"); v != "" {
-		c.LogPrefix = v
-	}
 	return multiError.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
@@ -274,9 +267,6 @@ func (c *Config) UpdateFromConfigFile(path string) error {
 	if v, ok := config[section]["log_path"]; ok {
 		c.LogPath = v
 	}
-	if v, ok := config[section]["log_prefix"]; ok {
-		c.LogPrefix = v
-	}
 
 	return multiError.ErrorOrNil()
 }
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 5215e1b..b17055b 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ func TestDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		"|  MetricsMaxAgeSec: 5400\n" +
 		"|  MetricsWALPath: /var/run/host-metering/metrics\n" +
 		"|  LogLevel: INFO\n" +
-		"|  LogPath: \n" +
-		"|  LogPrefix: \n"
+		"|  LogPath: \n"
 
 	// Create the default configuration.
 	c := NewConfig()
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ func TestConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 		"|  MetricsMaxAgeSec: 700\n" +
 		"|  MetricsWALPath: /tmp/metrics\n" +
 		"|  LogLevel: ERROR\n" +
-		"|  LogPath: /tmp/log\n" +
-		"|  LogPrefix: %d%t\n"
+		"|  LogPath: /tmp/log\n"
 
 	// Update the configuration from a valid config file.
 	fileContent := "[host-metering]\n" +
@@ -95,9 +93,7 @@ func TestConfigFile(t *testing.T) {
 		"metrics_max_age_sec = 700\n" +
 		"metrics_wal_path = /tmp/metrics\n" +
 		"log_level = ERROR\n" +
-		"log_path = /tmp/log\n" +
-		"log_prefix = %d%t\n"
-
+		"log_path = /tmp/log\n"
 	c := NewConfig()
 
 	createConfigFile(t, path, fileContent)
@@ -155,8 +151,7 @@ func TestEnvVariables(t *testing.T) {
 		"|  MetricsMaxAgeSec: 700\n" +
 		"|  MetricsWALPath: /tmp/metrics\n" +
 		"|  LogLevel: ERROR\n" +
-		"|  LogPath: /tmp/log\n" +
-		"|  LogPrefix: %d\n"
+		"|  LogPath: /tmp/log\n"
 
 	// Set valid environment variables.
 	t.Setenv("HOST_METERING_WRITE_URL", "http://test/url")
@@ -174,7 +169,6 @@ func TestEnvVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Setenv("HOST_METERING_METRICS_WAL_PATH", "/tmp/metrics")
 	t.Setenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_LEVEL", "ERROR")
 	t.Setenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PATH", "/tmp/log")
-	t.Setenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PREFIX", "%d")
 
 	// Environment variables are set. Change the defaults.
 	c := NewConfig()
@@ -229,7 +223,6 @@ func clearEnvironment() {
 	_ = os.Unsetenv("HOST_METERING_METRICS_WAL_PATH")
 	_ = os.Unsetenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_LEVEL")
 	_ = os.Unsetenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PATH")
-	_ = os.Unsetenv("HOST_METERING_LOG_PREFIX")
 }
 
 func checkError(t *testing.T, err error, message string) {
diff --git a/contrib/man/host-metering.1 b/contrib/man/host-metering.1
index 785a433..61cd631 100644
--- a/contrib/man/host-metering.1
+++ b/contrib/man/host-metering.1
@@ -89,49 +89,6 @@ Log level. Possible values are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, TRACE.
 \fBHOST_METERING_LOG_PATH\fR
 Path to log file. Default is empty - stderr.
 
-\fBHOST_METERING_LOG_PREFIX\fR
-Prefix of log messages. Default is empty. Format: "[PREFIX][FLAG]*"
-
-.RS 4
-
-\fBPREFIX:\fR string until first occurance of %
-
-\fBFLAGS:\fR
-.RS 4
-.TP
-.B %d
-Date
-
-.TP
-.B %t
-Time
-
-.TP
-.B %m
-Microseconds
-
-.TP
-.B %l
-Long file name
-
-.TP
-.B %s
-Short file name
-
-.TP
-.B %z
-Use UTC
-
-.TP
-.B %p
-Move the "PREFIX" from the beginning of the line to before the message
-
-.TP
-.B %S
-Datetime (same as "%d %t")
-.RE
-.RE
-
 .SH "FILES"
 .PP
 \fI/etc/host-metering.conf\fR
diff --git a/contrib/man/host-metering.conf.5 b/contrib/man/host-metering.conf.5
index d227d67..8c65049 100644
--- a/contrib/man/host-metering.conf.5
+++ b/contrib/man/host-metering.conf.5
@@ -104,49 +104,6 @@ log_path (string)
 Path to log file. Default is empty - stderr.
 .RE
 
-.PP
-log_prefix (string)
-.RS 4
-Prefix of log messages. Default is empty. Format: "[PREFIX][FLAG]*"
-
-\fBPREFIX:\fR string until first occurance of %
-
-\fBFLAGS:\fR
-.RS 4
-.TP
-.B %d
-Date
-
-.TP
-.B %t
-Time
-
-.TP
-.B %m
-Microseconds
-
-.TP
-.B %l
-Long file name
-
-.TP
-.B %s
-Short file name
-
-.TP
-.B %z
-Use UTC
-
-.TP
-.B %p
-Move the "PREFIX" from the beginning of the line to before the message
-
-.TP
-.B %S
-Datetime (same as "%d %t")
-.RE
-.RE
-
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .PP
 1\&. The following example shows how to switch the logging to DEBUG level\&.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c58e655..f77bcb9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ module github.com/RedHatInsights/host-metering
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	git.sr.ht/~spc/go-log v0.0.0-20230531172318-1397be06f5f4 // direct
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // direct
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // direct
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // direct
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.11.0 // direct
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.45.0 // direct
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // direct
 	github.com/tidwall/wal v1.1.7 // direct
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a6a51fa..a3de283 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-git.sr.ht/~spc/go-log v0.0.0-20230531172318-1397be06f5f4 h1:Z49DWDPi2qdWYkpgq+WEv1hQIGB2fVmva361Zs7/Qzg=
-git.sr.ht/~spc/go-log v0.0.0-20230531172318-1397be06f5f4/go.mod h1:IKiYUc0lWbZO4uSV0kWNzJSFnABNdrybpPWo46CGgFM=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 h1:n+5WquG0fcWoWp6xPWfHdbskMCQaFnG6PfBrh1Ky4HY=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sl3t1tCWJFWoRz9R8WJCbQihKKwmorjAbSClcnxKAGw=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
@@ -9,10 +10,17 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEW
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.11.0 h1:5EAgkfkMl659uZPbe9AS2N68a7Cc1TJbPEuGzFuRbyk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.11.0/go.mod h1:nwNm2aOCAYw8uTR/9bWRREkZFxAUcWzPHWJq+XBB/FM=
 github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.45.0 h1:O/uG+Nw4kNxx/jDPxmjsSDd+9Ohql6E7ZSY1x5x/0KI=
 github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.45.0/go.mod h1:jC5hyO8ItJBnDWGecbEucMyXjzxGv9cxsxsjS9u5s1w=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.10.2/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.16.0 h1:SyXa+dsSPpUlcwEDuKuEBJEz5vzTvOea+9rjyYodQFg=
 github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.16.0/go.mod h1:/wbyibRr2FHMks5tjHJ5F8dMZh3AcwJEMf5vlfC0lxk=
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220908164124-27713097b956/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -56,3 +65,6 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index 3bfb97c..31ef0f6 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -6,90 +6,37 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	std_log "log"
-
-	go_log "git.sr.ht/~spc/go-log"
+	logrus "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-const defaultLogFormat = 0
-const defaultLogPrefix = ""
-
 const (
-	DebugLevel = "DEBUG"
-	InfoLevel  = "INFO"
-	WarnLevel  = "WARN"
-	ErrorLevel = "ERROR"
-	TraceLevel = "TRACE"
+	DebugLevel = logrus.DebugLevel
+	InfoLevel  = logrus.InfoLevel
+	WarnLevel  = logrus.WarnLevel
+	ErrorLevel = logrus.ErrorLevel
 )
 
-type Logger interface {
-	// Error prints to the logger if level is at least LevelError. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-	Error(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Errorf prints to the logger if level is at least LevelError. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-	Errorf(format string, v ...interface{})
-
-	// Errorln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelError. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-	Errorln(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Warn prints to the logger if level is at least LevelWarn. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-	Warn(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Warnf prints to the logger if level is at least LevelWarn. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-	Warnf(format string, v ...interface{})
-
-	// Warnln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelWarn. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-	Warnln(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Info prints to the logger if level is at least LevelInfo. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-	Info(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Infof prints to the logger if level is at least LevelInfo. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-	Infof(format string, v ...interface{})
-
-	// Infoln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelInfo. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-	Infoln(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Debug prints to the logger if level is at least LevelDebug. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-	Debug(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Debugf prints to the logger if level is at least LevelDebug. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-	Debugf(format string, v ...interface{})
+type Logger logrus.FieldLogger
 
-	// Debugln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelDebug. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-	Debugln(v ...interface{})
+type CustomFormatter struct{}
 
-	// Trace prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-	Trace(v ...interface{})
-
-	// Tracef prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-	Tracef(format string, v ...interface{})
-
-	// Traceln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-	// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-	Traceln(v ...interface{})
+func (f *CustomFormatter) Format(entry *logrus.Entry) ([]byte, error) {
+	message := entry.Message
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(message, "\n") {
+		message += "\n"
+	}
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", entry.Time.Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05"), message)
+	return []byte(msg), nil
 }
 
 func InitDefaultLogger() Logger {
-	return go_log.New(os.Stderr, defaultLogPrefix, defaultLogFormat, go_log.LevelDebug)
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	logger.SetFormatter(&CustomFormatter{})
+	return logger
 }
 
-func InitLogger(file string, level string, prefix string, flag int) error {
-	logLevel, err := go_log.ParseLevel(level)
+func InitLogger(file string, level string) error {
+	logLevel, err := logrus.ParseLevel(level)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -103,7 +50,11 @@ func InitLogger(file string, level string, prefix string, flag int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	log = go_log.New(logFile, prefix, flag, logLevel)
+	log = &logrus.Logger{
+		Out:       logFile,
+		Formatter: &CustomFormatter{},
+		Level:     logLevel,
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -194,61 +145,6 @@ func Debugln(v ...interface{}) {
 	getLogger().Debugln(v...)
 }
 
-// Trace prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-// handled in the manner of fmt.Print.
-func Trace(v ...interface{}) {
-	getLogger().Trace(v...)
-}
-
-// Tracef prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-// handled in the manner of fmt.Printf.
-func Tracef(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	getLogger().Tracef(format, v...)
-}
-
-// Traceln prints to the logger if level is at least LevelTrace. Arguments are
-// handled in the manner of fmt.Println.
-func Traceln(v ...interface{}) {
-	getLogger().Traceln(v...)
-}
-
-func ParseLogPrefix(format string) (prefix string, flag int) {
-	if !strings.Contains(format, "%") {
-		return format, defaultLogFormat
-	}
-
-	prefix = format[:strings.Index(format, "%")]
-	flag = 0
-
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%d") {
-		flag |= std_log.Ldate
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%t") {
-		flag |= std_log.Ltime
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%m") {
-		flag |= std_log.Lmicroseconds
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%l") {
-		flag |= std_log.Llongfile
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%s") {
-		flag |= std_log.Lshortfile
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%z") {
-		flag |= std_log.LUTC
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%p") {
-		flag |= std_log.Lmsgprefix
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(format, "%S") {
-		flag |= std_log.LstdFlags
-	}
-
-	return prefix, flag
-
-}
-
 type LogEntry struct {
 	Time    time.Time
 	Level   string
@@ -258,6 +154,7 @@ type LogEntry struct {
 
 // Custom logger for testing if other modules logged as expected.
 type TestLogger struct {
+	*logrus.Logger
 	entries []LogEntry
 }
 
@@ -279,8 +176,8 @@ func (l *TestLogger) formatMessageln(v ...interface{}) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintln(v...)
 }
 
-func (l *TestLogger) addLogEntry(level string, message string, method string) {
-	l.entries = append(l.entries, LogEntry{time.Now(), level, message, method})
+func (l *TestLogger) addLogEntry(level logrus.Level, message string, method string) {
+	l.entries = append(l.entries, LogEntry{time.Now(), level.String(), message, method})
 }
 
 func (l *TestLogger) Error(v ...interface{}) {
@@ -331,18 +228,6 @@ func (l *TestLogger) Debugln(v ...interface{}) {
 	l.addLogEntry(DebugLevel, l.formatMessageln(v...), "Debugln")
 }
 
-func (l *TestLogger) Trace(v ...interface{}) {
-	l.addLogEntry(TraceLevel, l.formatMessage(v...), "Trace")
-}
-
-func (l *TestLogger) Tracef(format string, v ...interface{}) {
-	l.addLogEntry(TraceLevel, l.formatMessagef(format, v...), "Tracef")
-}
-
-func (l *TestLogger) Traceln(v ...interface{}) {
-	l.addLogEntry(TraceLevel, l.formatMessageln(v...), "Traceln")
-}
-
 func (l *TestLogger) GetEntries() []LogEntry {
 	return l.entries
 }
@@ -360,12 +245,12 @@ func (l *TestLogger) GetLastEntry() *LogEntry {
 
 // Check if the last log entry is the expected one.
 // Message is checked if it is contained in the log entry (not exact match).
-func (l *TestLogger) IsLastEntry(level string, message string, method string) bool {
+func (l *TestLogger) IsLastEntry(level logrus.Level, message string, method string) bool {
 	entry := l.GetLastEntry()
 	if entry == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	return (entry.Level == level &&
+	return (entry.Level == level.String() &&
 		entry.Method == method &&
 		strings.Contains(entry.Message, message))
 }
diff --git a/logger/logger_test.go b/logger/logger_test.go
index 971255a..8b6e02f 100644
--- a/logger/logger_test.go
+++ b/logger/logger_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-
-	std_log "log"
 )
 
 // Test that logger global functions won't crash even if the logger is not initialized.
@@ -37,18 +35,11 @@ func TestLoggerGlobalFunctions(t *testing.T) {
 	Debugf("Debugf Test %s", "test")
 	clearLogger()
 	Debugln("Debugln Test")
-
-	clearLogger()
-	Trace("Trace Test")
-	clearLogger()
-	Tracef("Tracef Tracef %s", "test")
-	clearLogger()
-	Traceln("Traceln Traceln Test")
 }
 
 // Test initialization of logger with only log level
 func TestInitLogger(t *testing.T) {
-	InitLogger("", DebugLevel, defaultLogPrefix, defaultLogFormat)
+	InitLogger("", DebugLevel.String())
 	if log == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("logger is not initialized")
 	}
@@ -60,7 +51,7 @@ func TestInitLogger(t *testing.T) {
 func TestInitLoggerFile(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := dir + "/test.log"
-	InitLogger(path, DebugLevel, defaultLogPrefix, defaultLogFormat)
+	InitLogger(path, DebugLevel.String())
 	if log == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("logger is not initialized")
 	}
@@ -177,23 +168,8 @@ func TestOverridenLogger(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Debugln message is not logged")
 	}
 
-	Trace("Trace Test")
-	if !logger.IsLastEntry(TraceLevel, "Trace Test", "Trace") {
-		t.Fatalf("Trace message is not logged")
-	}
-
-	Tracef("Tracef Tracef %s", "test")
-	if !logger.IsLastEntry(TraceLevel, "Tracef Tracef test", "Tracef") {
-		t.Fatalf("Tracef message is not logged")
-	}
-
-	Traceln("Traceln Traceln Test")
-	if !logger.IsLastEntry(TraceLevel, "Traceln Traceln Test", "Traceln") {
-		t.Fatalf("Traceln message is not logged")
-	}
-
 	entries := logger.GetEntries()
-	if len(entries) != 15 {
+	if len(entries) != 12 {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected number of log entries: %d", len(entries))
 	}
 
@@ -205,42 +181,6 @@ func TestOverridenLogger(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type LogPrefixTestCase struct {
-	prefix         string
-	expectedPrefix string
-	expectedFlag   int
-}
-
-func TestParseLogPrefix(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []LogPrefixTestCase{
-		{"", "", 0},
-		{"test", "test", 0},
-		{"test:", "test:", 0},
-		{"test: ", "test: ", 0},
-		{"test: %d", "test: ", std_log.Ldate},
-		{"test: %d %t", "test: ", std_log.Ldate | std_log.Ltime},
-		{"test: %d %t %m", "test: ", std_log.Ldate | std_log.Ltime | std_log.Lmicroseconds},
-		{"test: %S %l", "test: ", std_log.LstdFlags | std_log.Llongfile},
-		{"test: %S %s", "test: ", std_log.LstdFlags | std_log.Lshortfile},
-		{"test: %S %z", "test: ", std_log.LstdFlags | std_log.LUTC},
-		{"test%S %p", "test", std_log.LstdFlags | std_log.Lmsgprefix},
-		{"test: %S", "test: ", std_log.LstdFlags},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.prefix, func(t *testing.T) {
-			prefix, flag := ParseLogPrefix(tc.prefix)
-			if prefix != tc.expectedPrefix {
-				t.Fatalf("expected prefix: %s got: %s", tc.prefix, prefix)
-			}
-			if flag != tc.expectedFlag {
-				t.Fatalf("expected flag: %d got: %d", tc.expectedFlag, flag)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-
-}
-
 // Helper functions
 
 func clearLogger() {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3fc78d8..6898eab 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		// initialize the logger according to the given configuration
-		logPrefix, logFlag := logger.ParseLogPrefix(cfg.LogPrefix)
-		err = logger.InitLogger(cfg.LogPath, cfg.LogLevel, logPrefix, logFlag)
+		err = logger.InitLogger(cfg.LogPath, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Debugf("Error initializing logger: %s\n", err.Error())